"I don't have the details of it," she said, to smooth her friend's feathers.

He reached out with his free hand, smoothed its feathers again and again.

No doubt they'd smooth pretty boy's ruffled feathers and puff him back up to the image of the man he wanted to be.

Smoothing their feathers required a good half an hour from him and Nalesean both.

And if that doesn't smooth his feathers, the hell with him.

They smoothed each other's feathers and altogether were a perfect picture of two little lovebirds.

It was like a beautiful peace stole over us, the way a soft breeze would smooth our feathers.

Look, I'm not just trying to smooth your ruffled feathers.

Best to try to smooth her feathers, if he could.

That didn't seem to help, so she tried to smooth his ruffled feathers.